The Washington critic., 1887-10-21
OUR STREET RAILWAYS.
How to Roach All pnrti1ns Of tho
National CHpttat,

National Capital.
Fare for each person on all lines, 3 cents,
Tickets are sold by driver or conductor Of
all cars, for % cents, good ON any line.
Washington and Georgetown Railroad st arts
at Georgetown, corner Or High street, down
Bridge street, acro's Rock Creek, east a'pnf
Pennsylvnnia avenue, passing circle con
tanning Mills statue Of Washington; Cor
coran Gallery, stat., Warand Navy Depart
ments; Presidents House, Lafayette Square,
containing Mills equestrian statue Of An
drew jackson; Department of Justice thnlt.
Ing nt Flit' enth street, where transfers are
given to Fourteenth street Branch Fifteenth
street, past Riggs House and Treasury Dc
partmcnt; again down Pennsylvania avenue
by Willnrd'annd other hotels and through
theplincipal business portion Of tho city,
crossing seventh street west at Center
Market twhcro transfers are given TO the
seventh Street Branch, going north toward
Boundary street or south to Potomac Rlyorj
past Botanical Gardens TO Naval Monument
here transfers are given TO branch running
to Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot, AZ.
cending south side Of Capitol HILL cOntin-
ulng along street south to Pcnnsylvanla
the Marine Barracks To Navy-Yard gate.
Returning same route and conditions.
Fourteenthstreet Branch starts at New
York avenue and Fifteenth street west, out
Fourteenth street to Boundary, passing
Franklin Square and Thomas Statue, lie
turning same route. Transfers given toand
from main or Avenue line. Connects with
NNts 10 MOUNT Iltuhuul tNtI1 lill ubuls
Fare, Q cents additional
Scvcnthstrcet Brnnch-Starts AZ boundary
and runs due south across the city along
seventh street west, passing Mount Vernon
sqnare, Patent and Postoiiice,, odd,Fel,
at Centre Market and City PostO1ice where
transfers are given to tho main or Avenue
lnel, continuing across tho Mall, past tho
Smithsonian Institution and National Mu-
scum, TO the wharyos Of the Mount Vernon,
Norfolk and other steamers and Alexandria
ferry. Returning, same route.
Metropolitan Hallway Leaving Georgetown,
where II makes circuit NJ West, llisi,
Fuyctto, Second, Dnmbarton and Mont
gomcry streets, passing rclr Georgel9Wn
College, Academy Of the Visitation, High
Service Reservoir, and oak Hill Cemetrry,
over Rock Creek to T. street north, thence
along Connecticut avenue, amidst the pun'
tiAl residences OF the West End, Including
that Of the British minister; along seven.
teCnth street west to II street north -Four
tccnth street to Y, passing Wilard's and the
Ehhitt House, crossing Ninth street iwhGre
transfers arc given TO the Ninthsttoct
Mnncl0. INST tho Patent aud Post OniuGs,
to FIFTH street, To Louisiana avenue, passing
judiciary Square, city Hall, aud Lincoln
Monument; Indiana avenue 20 c street, by
the Baltimore and Ohio depot t. Delaware
avenue, to u street north, to First street
| east, thence along East Capitol street 10 Lin
coin Park. Returning, same route going
| west, except ulong Now Jersey avenue aud
u street instead uf indiana avenue.
| Cars also leave the west front Of the state,
| War and Navy Department, at convenient
Intervals, connecting with above line at
| Seventeenth aud II streets.
| Ninth street Braugl-Staris NJ northern ter
minus of Seventh street west where Il con.
meets with Silver spgiurl Branchl diyorging
to Ninth street. thence south, passing
Mount Vernon Square, Masonic Temple
Patent and roatOiuu- at u street (whore
transfer arc given tu mUiu Ilny cast nr
west, thence 'u % street passing tuntr,
Market and nltlpore mud Potomac Depot
Axtl To- .VTHI gtHHH# ..
and.a-half street, ihruco On the hraeua
gate and steamboat wha gus, Potomac
River. Returning by same route,
Silver Springs Branch-starts from nnrthuri
terminus Of Ninth.street Branch, following
Seventh street road, past Howard lulyer
sity and SchuetZen Park, to entrance 70
grounds of Soldiers Home. Returning
| same route.
Columbia Railway-Starts at Fifteenth street
west, southeast OF Treasury Department
along New York avenue to It's intersection
with Massachusetts avenue at Seventh
street; thence on Massachusetts, avenue 10
! II street north, past the Government Print.
| ing Office to Boundary and beginning Of
Baltimore turnpike and Bennings Bridge
road. Returning, same route.
North Capitol and o Street Tor Belt Railrond
Starts from Maryland avenue and Four.
| and-a-half street, thence east to First west,
north to q street, west 10 Fourth street,
north to ? street, west TO Eleventh street,
street south to Ohio avenue, east TO
Twelfth street. south to Virginia avenue
and east to starting point Returning, same
route, except passing east over o Instead OF
i street.
This line also has short connecting roads run.
ming TO the Centre Market, Potomac river
steamboat wharves, Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing. Washington Monument and
Eleventh and Boundary.
Anacostia misunderstanding from foot OF
Seventh street, along " street south
past navy-yard gate. to Twelfth street east
| and over the Anucostia Bridge to Union
| town and the Government Hospital for tue
Insane. Returning, same route. Transfers
I. and from Avenue Line or Scyenth-strcet
Branch Washington and Georgetown Rail
road, cents.
uerdic coaches are running from the Navy
Yard via Pennsylvania avenue TO Twenty
| second and q streets northwest, Fare,
cents; six tickets for % cents Horse-cai
| tickets are also received as fare.
Herdlc cabs are ran TO any part OF the city
Fare, % cents, within mile; Is cents pei
hour for one passenger; 81 per hour iol
more than one Stands, East Capitol front
and Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh
street northwest.
The Parks.